You know, the game cover image is ten thousand times better than the actual stills because this really DOES look like a cover of a game from 1986 or something:
http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gamelife/2009/11/avatar_game_box_350.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
All I ask schadenfreude-wise is that this movie make less (at least in the US) than Alvin & The Chipmunks 2: The Squeakel.
― da croupier, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
James Cameron's JOUST: THE MOVIE
― james cameron gargameled my boner for life (Pancakes Hackman), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:10 (fourteen years ago) link
...actually why hasn't that been done yet? Seems a logical choice these days.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img.youtube.com/vi/f8KUB-Ufric/0.jpg
“Yes,” Cameron said flatly. “They have to have tails.”
― da croupier, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:15 (fourteen years ago) link
surely it should be The Squeakening
― mdskltr (blueski), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:16 (fourteen years ago) link
'Munkment Day
― da croupier, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Revenge of the Alvin
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Tailiens
― tectonic p (latebloomer), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:17 (fourteen years ago) link
― da croupier, Wednesday, December 2, 2009 4:09 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
just what we need, another unnecessary squeakquel
― ankles (s1ocki), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:18 (fourteen years ago) link
2 Alvin 2 Chipmunks
― james cameron gargameled my boner for life (Pancakes Hackman), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:18 (fourteen years ago) link
A Chip Off The Old Munk
― mdskltr (blueski), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:19 (fourteen years ago) link
28 Squeaks Later
― tectonic p (latebloomer), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Actually, going back to my first post on this whole thing:
Both actors have signed on for possible future installments as well because Cameron and Fox see "Avatar" as a potential franchise.
Fear.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Alvatar
― da croupier, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Avatar 2: Avatarly
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:20 (fourteen years ago) link
more like AVATARDED
― da croupier, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Avaturd
― mdskltr (blueski), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Avatars On Vacation
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Avatar 2: Avatarder
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Weekend At Na'vis
― mdskltr (blueski), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Flight of the Na'vigator
― tectonic p (latebloomer), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:24 (fourteen years ago) link
The Avartark Knight
― ô_o (Nicole), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:25 (fourteen years ago) link
"Na'vi 5 is alive."
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Avatarmageddon -- directed by Michael Bay
― ô_o (Nicole), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Pearl Avatar
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:27 (fourteen years ago) link
"Sir we've seen the breasts. They're the size of Texas." xp
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Another old quote from way up near the start:
Said Cameron: “We know the oncology and composition of the atmosphere, the geography and species of plants, the culture and the history of the Na’vi people.”
...and all we got were these lousy furries.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Ishavatar
xpost i can always tell when directors haven't figured out the oncology in a sci-fi movie
― da croupier, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:30 (fourteen years ago) link
“Yes,” Cameron said flatly. “The atmosphere has to have an appropriate mix of nitrogen and oxygen in the troposphere to ensure that vertebrates who don't have gills can develop via accepted evolution-based theories.”
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:34 (fourteen years ago) link
also i'm guesssssing he meant ecology unless there's a cancer subplot
― da croupier, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:34 (fourteen years ago) link
are they only showing one type of terrain (jungle+floating rocks) of this planet? presumably there would also be ice wastes, deserts etc. if no reason to show them
― mdskltr (blueski), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
"We also know, like on earth, that there's only one intelligent species, and that they all look and talk alike and possess the same language."
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:36 (fourteen years ago) link
$50 million was spent on Na'Vi research
― da croupier, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Can't wait for that DVD extra.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:38 (fourteen years ago) link
and about 1 million on ontological research; bad prioritites
― Drama Mama's and Papa's too! (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh hey, read the book!:
A field guide to Pandora—the mesmerizing world of James Cameron's Avatar.Four years in the making—and 15 years since its conception—Avatar is a live action film with a new generation of special effects, delivering a fully immersive cinematic experience of a new kind, where the revolutionary technology invented to make the film disappears into the emotion of the characters and the sweep of the story.In Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora we are introduced to Pandora—a pristine and beautiful moon in a distant solar system—its exotic ecosystems, and the indigenous race called the Na'vi. By piecing together photographs, scientific field notes, and research data, citizens on Earth have collected the information in this field guide as a way to highlight the lessons Pandora can teach the people of Earth, who have struggled to survive as their planet's critical resources are depleted.Though Pandora has proven to be an exceedingly profitable source of natural resources, the environment—from its gravity-defying floating mountains to the small but venomous hellfire wasps and the gigantic carnivorous thanator—poses continual dangers to RDA. Catalogued with unparalleled precision and access, this field guide provides highly detailed descriptions of the unique creatures and plants found on Pandora, the culture, language, and physiology of the native population, as well as RDA technology and weapons.Eager to save the Earth, the activists have culled this information in hopes to expose the corporate greed and disregard for the native inhabitants and their environment that governs RDA's presence on the foreign moon.This is the evidence in their case to save Pandora—and themselves.
Four years in the making—and 15 years since its conception—Avatar is a live action film with a new generation of special effects, delivering a fully immersive cinematic experience of a new kind, where the revolutionary technology invented to make the film disappears into the emotion of the characters and the sweep of the story.
In Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora we are introduced to Pandora—a pristine and beautiful moon in a distant solar system—its exotic ecosystems, and the indigenous race called the Na'vi. By piecing together photographs, scientific field notes, and research data, citizens on Earth have collected the information in this field guide as a way to highlight the lessons Pandora can teach the people of Earth, who have struggled to survive as their planet's critical resources are depleted.
Though Pandora has proven to be an exceedingly profitable source of natural resources, the environment—from its gravity-defying floating mountains to the small but venomous hellfire wasps and the gigantic carnivorous thanator—poses continual dangers to RDA. Catalogued with unparalleled precision and access, this field guide provides highly detailed descriptions of the unique creatures and plants found on Pandora, the culture, language, and physiology of the native population, as well as RDA technology and weapons.
Eager to save the Earth, the activists have culled this information in hopes to expose the corporate greed and disregard for the native inhabitants and their environment that governs RDA's presence on the foreign moon.
This is the evidence in their case to save Pandora—and themselves.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:49 (fourteen years ago) link
You can kinda hear the "DUN-DUN-DUNNNNNN!" after that conclusion.
if only they had the board lawyer power of ILX
― Drama Mama's and Papa's too! (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Wait:
Pandora—a pristine and beautiful moon
It IS Endor!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Kinda appreciate how the aliens are giving us the finger here:
http://www.harpercollins.com/harperimages/isbn/large/0/9780061896750.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:51 (fourteen years ago) link
David Lynch had like 5 movies in the 90s for which he couldn't drum up enough money (10-20m).
but 500m for 3d furry porn is doable.
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 22:38 (fourteen years ago) link
"When the monkeyfurrycatpeople die, everybody gonna cry."
― twice boiled cabbage is death, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 22:43 (fourteen years ago) link
and that they all look and talk alike and possess the same language
arrrgh fuck off
― mdskltr (blueski), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 22:46 (fourteen years ago) link
:-D
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 22:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Hey look what I found at Target:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_gx9UOgOAfb0/Sxb_rKzeH7I/AAAAAAAAAow/kqZ2mAocQQI/s512/IMG_0652.JPG
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_gx9UOgOAfb0/Sxb_sVnFn-I/AAAAAAAAAo4/iKzkaPJgpfE/IMG_0653.JPG
― james cameron gargameled my boner for life (Pancakes Hackman), Thursday, 3 December 2009 00:02 (fourteen years ago) link
it looks like they are in the big womb things that keanu wakes up in during teh matrix
― mascara and pies (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 3 December 2009 00:03 (fourteen years ago) link
hate this movie solely for ruining my ability to appreciate this shade of blue ever again
― 囧 (dyao), Thursday, 3 December 2009 01:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Future bargain bin finds xp
― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 3 December 2009 02:00 (fourteen years ago) link
So is the audience meant to take the side of nine foot tall furries over humans?
― Cosmic Ugg (S-), Thursday, 3 December 2009 04:42 (fourteen years ago) link